XVII Jornadas Chilenas de Derecho Comercial

Universidad Católica del Norte, Law School, Coquimbo Campus
Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 October 2026

Go to: Day 1, Monday 26 · Day 2, Tuesday 27 · Versión en español

Paper titles are translated for reference only; the Spanish version of the programme is authoritative. All times are Chilean local time.

Day 1. Monday 26 October

09:30–11:00 | Opening ceremony and keynote lecture

  • Attended by university and regional authorities
  • Welcome address by Dr Humberto Carrasco Blanc, Dean of the Faculty of Law, UCN
  • Address by Dr Juan Pablo Severin, Director of the Coquimbo Law School, UCN
  • Keynote lecture by Dr Arianna Andreangeli, Edinburgh Law School

11:00–11:30 | Coffee break

Session 1 | 11:30–13:00

Salón de Honor (Main Hall)

Panel 1-A: ‘Students and Graduates’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Ingrid Guzmán Zepeda (UCN). Insolvency offences: paradigm cases and criminal policy
  2. Jehzeel Harif Delgado Valdivia (UCN). The tax regime of the Chilean securities market: between capital-market efficiency and the revenue-raising function of the State
  3. Matías Vergara Moreno (U. Chile). Stock market index providers: a proposed legal framework for Chile

Chair: Marcelo Ormazabal

Sala de Litigación (Moot Court Room)

Panel 1-B: ‘Current Debates in Commercial Law I’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Nicolás Montes Serrano (UDP). Towards a broad concept of representation (representación) in Chilean commercial law
  2. Agustín Montes Gutiérrez (U. Chile). Insolvency and personal data protection: the discharge of debts in insolvency as a point of convergence between two legal regimes
  3. Diego Iglesis Donoso (U. Chile). Are funds governed by Law No. 20,712 a Latin American trust? A comparative look at selected adaptations of the trust in Spanish-speaking America
  4. José Antonio Gaspar (UC). Assessing legislative responses to pyramid schemes

Chair: Camila Astudillo

13:00–15:00 | Lunch break (lunch for Consortium members)

Session 2 | 15:00–16:30

Salón de Honor (Main Hall)

Panel 2-A: ‘Insolvency I’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Armando Arteaga San Martín (U. Chile). Likelihood or imminence of insolvency as preconditions of pre-insolvency law, in light of AI-based insolvency prediction models
  2. Elías Gutiérrez Zenteno (UGM). A pre-insolvency mechanism for businesses in financial distress – the insolvency economic advisory scheme (asesoría económica de insolvencia): Article Eleven of Law No. 20,416 and its relationship with ordinary and simplified judicial reorganisation under Law No. 20,720
  3. Viviana Correa Soto (U. Chile). Insolvency proceedings under Law No. 20,720 as a ground of disqualification from entry onto, and continued registration in, the State Suppliers’ Register: a critical analysis of the Bill amending Article 35 septies of Law No. 19,886
  4. Pedro Eguiguren Cosmelli. Data as an intangible asset: ownership, realisation and sale of the debtor company’s database in insolvency proceedings under Law No. 20,720, in view of the entry into force of Law No. 21,719

Chair: María José Tapia

Sala de Litigación (Moot Court Room)

Panel 2-B: ‘Securities Markets and Insurance’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Melanie Freres Hellebaut (UCN). Water as an underlying asset in the financial derivatives market
  2. Danilo Carvajal Romero (UDD). Preventing the loss: loss-prevention expenses as a free-standing head of cover under the contract of insurance
  3. Lusitania Villablanca Cerda (U. Mayor). Security duties as part of the content of the banking contract: administrative regulation and contractual liability for unauthorised electronic transactions
  4. Lorena Carvajal (PUCV). The adjudicated loss: the effects of a final judgment on the contract of indemnity insurance

Chair: Alex Contreras

Sala 33 (Room 33)

Panel 2-C: ‘Contracts and Intangible Assets’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Humberto Carrasco (UCN). From the vending machine to the autonomous agent: the legal attribution of automated contracting in Chilean commercial law
  2. Luis López Fuentes (UDD). On the franchisor’s civil liability for the acts of the franchisee
  3. Isnel Martínez Montenegro (UCSC). The legal regime of technology transfer in Chile: criteria for structuring commercial dealings in intangible assets
  4. Camila Astudillo González (UCN). Corporate digital identity as a self-standing proprietary asset: towards a new category of intangible assets in Chilean commercial law

Chair: Sara Moreno

16:30–17:00 | Coffee break

Session 3 | 17:00–18:30

Salón de Honor (Main Hall)

Panel 3-A: ‘Negotiable Instruments and Financial Markets’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Tomás Valenzuela Zañartu (UFT). The dismantled sandbox: differential treatment under the Fintec Law and its effects on market entry
  2. Cristian Campos Arcos (UDEC). The self-standing character of liability on a negotiable instrument (obligación cambiaria): an issue lately sidestepped or ignored
  3. Diego Rodríguez Gutiérrez (USS). The revolving warehouse warrant in Chilean law: the nature of the pledged goods as a limit on substitution inherent in the instrument (límite cartular)
  4. Maximiliano Escobar (UDEC). Some issues concerning actions on negotiable instruments
  5. Eduardo Jequier Lehuedé (USS). ‘Client profile’ and the protection of retail investors in Chilean crowdfunding regulation, with particular reference to the appropriateness and suitability tests under EU law and their reformulation in Regulation (EU) 2020/1503

Chair: Melanie Freres

Sala de Litigación (Moot Court Room)

Panel 3-B: ‘Company Law I’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Stelios Andreadakis (UDD). Whose company is it? Theories of corporate purpose, comparative models and the need for a Chilean debate
  2. Renzo Munita (UDD). Right-of-first-refusal agreements (pacto de preferencia): concept, breach and remedies
  3. Raúl Martínez Alarcón (UBO). Transaction costs in Chilean commercial law: problems with the shareholder’s right of withdrawal in company mergers
  4. Luis Colman Vega (U. Alba). Regulatory tensions in the corporate governance of joint ventures
  5. Pedro Goić Martinić (UDD). From the compliance function to civil attribution in the company limited by shares (sociedad anónima): independence and sphere of competence of the designated responsible person (sujeto responsable) under Article 4 No. 3 of Law No. 20,393

Chair: Elvira Badilla

Sala 33 (Room 33)

Panel 3-C: ‘Current Debates in Commercial Law II’
15 minutes per paper

  1. María José Tapia Fraile (UCN). Assessing the debtor’s creditworthiness: between financial market stability and individual consumer protection
  2. Manuel Bernet Páez (U. Andes). Ambush marketing: a possible limit on the trade mark proprietor’s ius prohibendi
  3. Valeria Guerra (UDD). ‘Non-functionality’ as a criterion for excluding three-dimensional trade marks from registration in Chile
  4. María Francisca Labbé Figueroa (UDD). The normative usefulness of Article 4 of Decree Law No. 211: a redundant prohibition?

Chair: Rodrigo Varas

20:00–22:00 | Welcome reception for speakers and chairs

  • Tribute to Mrs Cecira Figari Rojas, former Coquimbo Land Registrar (Conservadora de Bienes Raíces)

Day 2. Tuesday 27 October

Session 4 | 09:30–11:00

Salón de Honor (Main Hall)

Panel 4-A: ‘Company Law II’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Francisca Quintana Viollier (PUC). Is there such a thing as material information in closely held companies (sociedades anónimas cerradas)?
  2. Franco Acchiardo Olivos (UAI). The concept of control under IFRS 10 and its interplay with Chilean commercial law: a proposal for functional convergence for companies, corporate groups and corporate governance
  3. Camilo Orellana Guedeney (U. Andes). The quorum required for the board of a closely held company to approve a related-party transaction
  4. Jaime Alcalde Silva (PUC). Foundations for the statutory regulation of pre-cooperative groups

Chair: Nelson Gallardo

Sala de Litigación (Moot Court Room)

Panel 4-B: ‘Insolvency II’
15 minutes per paper

  1. Miguel Alarcón Cañuta (UFRO). Preliminary reflections on the creditor’s duty to cooperate in personal insolvency proceedings
  2. Pablo Manterola (U. Andes). Models for protecting assets essential to the business in Chilean insolvency law
  3. Juan Luis Goldenberg (PUC). The exercise of voting rights by the pledgee (acreedor prendario)
  4. Guillermo Caballero Germain (UAI). The public policy exception and the protection of foreign creditors at the opening of insolvency proceedings

Chair: Jaime Luarte

11:00–11:30 | Coffee break

12:00–13:30 | Closing lecture and closing ceremony

  • Lecture by an invited dignitary
  • Handover of the Conference to the 2027 host university
  • Closing remarks by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, UCN

Visit to the Cruz del Tercer Milenio (Third Millennium Cross) for speakers and chairs

Admission is free. Certificates of participation will be issued.
Enquiries: jornadas.der.comercial@ucn.cl